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ohio, pennsylvania and wisconsin. we'll see the strategy on both sides as each side looks for an advantage. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. >>> well, new york city has a new tourist attraction. >> of sorts. a remnant of superstorm sandy is still dangling high over the city and crowds are lining up to see it. here is cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: there's a new addition to new york's skyline, making it hard to resist looking up
ohio, pennsylvania and wisconsin. we'll see the strategy on both sides as each side looks for an advantage. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see...
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yesterday you were in pennsylvania covering a paul ryan rally. what do you think is the message for the challengers? >> we're hearing change. change and change. remember four years ago president obama ran on the mantle of hope and change. romney finished up at a rally out in colorado. another one of those eight battleground states we keep talking about. and what mitt romney is saying do you want another four years of under president obama or do you want something a little different? here's part of what he said. >> change can't be measured in speeches. it is measured in achievements. and four years ago, four years ago candidate obama promise dodd so very much, but he's fallen so very short. you recall. he promised he'd be a post-partisan president but he's been most partisan. dividing, attacking, blaming. >> you know, at this late hour here it's all about the ground game. it's about the candidates making sure their supporters actually vote. randi, we heard from both campaigns. the obama campaign telling us they've reached tout 25 million people. t
yesterday you were in pennsylvania covering a paul ryan rally. what do you think is the message for the challengers? >> we're hearing change. change and change. remember four years ago president obama ran on the mantle of hope and change. romney finished up at a rally out in colorado. another one of those eight battleground states we keep talking about. and what mitt romney is saying do you want another four years of under president obama or do you want something a little different?...
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in harrisburg, pennsylvania. you have ryan there yesterday, and now today you're going to have mitt romney in suburban philadelphia, a crucial spinning part of the state. no republican has won a presidential election there since 1988. the polls have tightened. they have a ton of ads. that's all you saw on the commercial breaks were romney ads. a lot more of them than the obama ads. 20 electoral votes at stake. they may have a chance here, they think. the obama campaign is saying the opposite. they say it's a sign of desperation that he can't win in other battleground states like ohio, wisconsin, and iowa. we'll find out who is right on november 6th, right? >> we certainly will. so much to watch. paul steinhauser, thank you so much. >>> wolf blitzer and anderson cooper take a closer look at the candidates' final push before the elections. in america's choice 2012 countdown to election day, be sure to tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> well, life is slowly returning to normal for those affected by super
in harrisburg, pennsylvania. you have ryan there yesterday, and now today you're going to have mitt romney in suburban philadelphia, a crucial spinning part of the state. no republican has won a presidential election there since 1988. the polls have tightened. they have a ton of ads. that's all you saw on the commercial breaks were romney ads. a lot more of them than the obama ads. 20 electoral votes at stake. they may have a chance here, they think. the obama campaign is saying the opposite....
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here is the latest poll in pennsylvania. franklin and marshal, a four-point advantage for the president. very tight. that's within the sampling error. the president used to have a double-digit lead in pennsylvania. now it's getting crowded. randi, the obama campaign says this is a sign of desperation by the romney campaign that they can't win in wisconsin, ohio and that's why they're coming to pennsylvania. romney campaign says just the opposite. they're trying to expand the map and they think they can do it here in pennsylvania. >> if you look at the math and it does work, it can certainly steal a big prize. this is a popular but pretty unsuccessful strategy for republicans, right? they have tried this over and over. >> yeah, go back four years ago. john mccain and sarah palin came here and didn't work out. you go out, george w. bush tried it and bob dole in '96. no republican has been successful since 1988 here in pennsylvania. we're going to keep our eyes on pennsylvania today with paul ryan and tomorrow when mitt romney
here is the latest poll in pennsylvania. franklin and marshal, a four-point advantage for the president. very tight. that's within the sampling error. the president used to have a double-digit lead in pennsylvania. now it's getting crowded. randi, the obama campaign says this is a sign of desperation by the romney campaign that they can't win in wisconsin, ohio and that's why they're coming to pennsylvania. romney campaign says just the opposite. they're trying to expand the map and they think...
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jill biden is coming to pennsylvania to campaign today. and one of the big guns on the obama side, the former president clinton will be campaigning here in pennsylvania on monday. fred, i got here last night. i turned on the tv watching the local news. a lot of campaign ads. you know what? in the final nine days of this campaign in pennsylvania, $10 million worth of ads. most of them from the romney campaign and its allies. they're outspending the obama campaign 2 to 1. fred, nobody, no republican has won pennsylvania since 1988 in a presidential contest. of course, the romney campaign thinks with the polls tightening up they have a chance. take a look at this. you mentioned the polg eed the . a four point advantage in the president. that is within the sampling area. president obama had a bigger lead here in pennsylvania just a few weeks ago. fred? >> so, paul, is that feeling that the ads have helped the mitt romney campaign kind of put themselves over the top or at least near the top? >> reporter: this state got no attention in the presi
jill biden is coming to pennsylvania to campaign today. and one of the big guns on the obama side, the former president clinton will be campaigning here in pennsylvania on monday. fred, i got here last night. i turned on the tv watching the local news. a lot of campaign ads. you know what? in the final nine days of this campaign in pennsylvania, $10 million worth of ads. most of them from the romney campaign and its allies. they're outspending the obama campaign 2 to 1. fred, nobody, no...
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pennsylvania usually goes blue. what happens if pennsylvania goes red now? and will there be a contest of this election, saying hey, you know what, people were disenfranchised. what do you make of that? >> well, first of all. i know after having contacted the governor's office all the polling places are making sure that places across pennsylvania are geared up and ready to go. and hey, the power gets back on. which i know the utility company has been working hard on. or d, we utilize the generators that are available to us, and primarily through fema. so i think that we want to ensure the right to vote, all the efforts must be made to make sure the polling places, people can primarily go to the place that they normally go to vote. and that all of our efforts as government leaders, regardless of party, but certainly as mayor of the city of philadelphia, i'm going to do everything i can to make sure all of our polling places are in working, operating order. i don't think we have any at this point that are without power. but i have ever confidence that governor
pennsylvania usually goes blue. what happens if pennsylvania goes red now? and will there be a contest of this election, saying hey, you know what, people were disenfranchised. what do you make of that? >> well, first of all. i know after having contacted the governor's office all the polling places are making sure that places across pennsylvania are geared up and ready to go. and hey, the power gets back on. which i know the utility company has been working hard on. or d, we utilize the...
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pennsylvania is an absentee ballot state but not early vote so long it's not a question now. the question is can they get the power restored come election day. another battleground state in the state of ohio this is a place where the obama campaign worked very hard in early voting in the african-american community in the cleveland area, right here, cuyahoga county here. i'll draw a big line, cleveland, the cleveland suburbs and to a lesser degree down here to the south in the akron area people without power, put it to the same test, how did they vote in 2008, you see some republicans in the more rural counties but across the top of the state the northern part of the state heavy democratic areas, our producer called out too cuyahoga today early voting down a bit today than it was four years ago so you see some obvious immediate impact. the question is again, with the few more days to go, five more days can they get this fixed come election day. one more quick example in the northern virginia suburbs and again to the naked eye it tells the story. still a lot of people out right
pennsylvania is an absentee ballot state but not early vote so long it's not a question now. the question is can they get the power restored come election day. another battleground state in the state of ohio this is a place where the obama campaign worked very hard in early voting in the african-american community in the cleveland area, right here, cuyahoga county here. i'll draw a big line, cleveland, the cleveland suburbs and to a lesser degree down here to the south in the akron area people...
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now today, governor romney's camp said he will campaign in pennsylvania on sunday. they claimed the deep blue key stone state is in play. they said the same thing in a memo but didn't cite any particular data. the obama campaign called it a sign of desperation on their part. joining me now with the raw politics, chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, and jim acosta and correspondent john king. >> the storm has been a real curveball for candidates. how has mitt romney been handling transitioning back to regular campaign mode? does he feel that it may have stopped his momentum? >> what we saw earlier from mitt romney, he went back on offense. after dialing back his criticism of president obama in the immediate aftermath of superstorm sandy, he went on the attack. he ridiculed the idea for the secretary and he unleashed this ad. a spanish language tv ad that linked president obama to hugo chavez and the castro family. i think the romney campaign at this point, they're not really staying one way or the other whether or not the campaign has been damaged to some
now today, governor romney's camp said he will campaign in pennsylvania on sunday. they claimed the deep blue key stone state is in play. they said the same thing in a memo but didn't cite any particular data. the obama campaign called it a sign of desperation on their part. joining me now with the raw politics, chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, and jim acosta and correspondent john king. >> the storm has been a real curveball for candidates. how has mitt romney been...
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we feel good about pennsylvania. president clinton will be up in pennsylvania this weekend. again, we've got a really great ground game there. we did well there in 2008. so we feel comfortable we're going to win in pennsylvania. and these desperate moves are what you see from campaigns at the end that are looking for a way to win. this is exactly what we saw out of the mccain campaign in 2008 when they made an aggressive move into pennsylvania in the closing weeks of the campaign. >> right, and some others beforehand as well. the final jobs report, though, before i let you go, unemployment up to 7.9%. 171,000 jobs. good news, bad news, or a bit of mixed news for the president? >> i think if you look at all the economic indicators and where we've seen the economy move over the last three years, especially given what the president inherited in 2009, americans should feel good about the direction we're going in. we've had 33 straight months of new private sector jobs added. second month under 8% for unemployment. we still have work to do. that's what's so important about this e
we feel good about pennsylvania. president clinton will be up in pennsylvania this weekend. again, we've got a really great ground game there. we did well there in 2008. so we feel comfortable we're going to win in pennsylvania. and these desperate moves are what you see from campaigns at the end that are looking for a way to win. this is exactly what we saw out of the mccain campaign in 2008 when they made an aggressive move into pennsylvania in the closing weeks of the campaign. >>...
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this is not like the map he needs if he wants to win pennsylvania. i don't really wish him well, i don't wish him any ill. but he's wasting money. >> what's the strategy, john avlon? you're in ohio tonight. is the push in pa a a sign of weakness in ohio? john king's talking about he feels it's neck and neck, different than he felt in the last election, but do you think that? >> president obama has had a small but steady lead in ohio. we think the romney campaign is looking at a saturation point. there's not much more than you can do except get out the vote. with money, the with the candidate's time more importantly, i think speaks to change the strategy because the current strategy isn't working. they're looking for alternate paths to 270. states where it looked like romney was pulling ahead in. florida, virginia, colorado. the fact the romney campaign is running an ad in florida trying to tie the president to castro and chavez speaks to insecurity on his part about whether the cuban population will come out to vote. i think this is evidence of a scr
this is not like the map he needs if he wants to win pennsylvania. i don't really wish him well, i don't wish him any ill. but he's wasting money. >> what's the strategy, john avlon? you're in ohio tonight. is the push in pa a a sign of weakness in ohio? john king's talking about he feels it's neck and neck, different than he felt in the last election, but do you think that? >> president obama has had a small but steady lead in ohio. we think the romney campaign is looking at a...
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we headed -- we left the city and headed south towards family in pennsylvania. we were finally let back into salem and our home was destroyed. or a man in the bronx who wants $60,000 to repair his business. there is simply no way to determine if any of these pleas or people are real. and before you think no one would send donation to see blind sites or unknown charities, think again. >> most people respond to charities because they are asked by a letter. >> reporter: art taylor, who heads the better business bureau's alliance, and is following our reporting on bad charities, says 70% of americans who give money donate that money without ever checking to find out where it's going. >> we welcome the public scrutiny that is coming to this. we welcome, you know, the media for getting involved in this because if you don't, i worry that things are going to get worse. people are going to continue to be duped by, you know, unscrupulous claims. >> reporter: which leads us to the real victims of charity scams, the people who really need charity. like these people lined up
we headed -- we left the city and headed south towards family in pennsylvania. we were finally let back into salem and our home was destroyed. or a man in the bronx who wants $60,000 to repair his business. there is simply no way to determine if any of these pleas or people are real. and before you think no one would send donation to see blind sites or unknown charities, think again. >> most people respond to charities because they are asked by a letter. >> reporter: art taylor, who...
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a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins for him. >> charles, when you look at both campaigns from start to finish, what do you think has run the better campaign? >> i think that this campaign has been what most campaigns are, a series of ups and downs for both sides, and so there have been some performance issues and the first debate was a performance issue for barack obama. what mitt romney has not been able to do has been to get enough momentum to ever get himself over a hump and get shooting himself in the foot either by things coming out he didn't time or saying things in realtime that did him real d
a lot of people are talking about ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the democrats still saying it could not go romney's way, all these things could be pivotal to how the election washes up. where will you be focused tomorrow night? >> look, mitt romney has -- obama has a lot of paths to victory. romney has very few. they will be states like virginia, florida. if obama wins those states, pretty much over. romney needs to run the table and do well in ohio and pennsylvania. those are must-wins...
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she is guaranteeing wins in pennsylvania, michigan, and new mexico. she says she would dye her hair black, put on a mustache if they lose any of those states. hopefully that's not axelrod's mustache. an air of confidence, but no, no guarantees of ohio and florida. we'll see how they do. be sure to watch cnn on election day. we'll be with you all day tomorrow, be joining you at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and then our special coverage beginning tomorrow night at 6:00. >>> superstorm sandy left homes destroyed, millions of people without power. what are they going to do now? christine romans is explaining in this week's smart is the new rich. >> we lost our house, our pool, and god only knows what else. >> unbelievable. it's a war zone. >> i'm not exactly sure where to go from here besides calling the insurance company. >> that's the first step. then comes calculating the loss and cashing the check. in sandy's wake tens of thousands of homeowners are now asking if a tree falls in a hurricane, who pays? >> if it hits your house, you call your insurance company an
she is guaranteeing wins in pennsylvania, michigan, and new mexico. she says she would dye her hair black, put on a mustache if they lose any of those states. hopefully that's not axelrod's mustache. an air of confidence, but no, no guarantees of ohio and florida. we'll see how they do. be sure to watch cnn on election day. we'll be with you all day tomorrow, be joining you at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and then our special coverage beginning tomorrow night at 6:00. >>> superstorm sandy left...
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will be going back to ohio in the next 96 hours multiple times, pennsylvania. that doesn't mean it's slipping. it just means natural tightening of the race and means the national race and the president is in a strong position because of the policies. >> it seems really clear to you. as you point out, it's a pretty close election, and one of the things that has come up has been what went on in benghazi. i want to play you something rudy giuliani said. >> you know that what happened in libya is the result at least of incompetence. do you think if we had elected john mccain in the president of the united states those people wouldn't have had the full resources of the united states of america there in benghazi trying to save them? >> the storyline here is that we still don't know what went on in benghazi. the president has said time and again, has said at least once that this is under investigation, but the president knows what he knew. he knows when he was first told about that. is it a mistake for him not to say, look, here's what i know, here's what went on in t
will be going back to ohio in the next 96 hours multiple times, pennsylvania. that doesn't mean it's slipping. it just means natural tightening of the race and means the national race and the president is in a strong position because of the policies. >> it seems really clear to you. as you point out, it's a pretty close election, and one of the things that has come up has been what went on in benghazi. i want to play you something rudy giuliani said. >> you know that what happened...
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next up for the republican candidate is pennsylvania. so america has 50 states, but it's the key battleground state where is the race just might be decided come tuesday. right now cnn estimates that nine states shown here on the make or break states. president obama or 34mitt romne to wing the who is. there's to the all important state of ohio with 18 electoral votes. virginia is one of those key battleground states as well. it's a state that favored barack obama back in 2008, but now the state's electoral votes are very much up for grabs. joining us from bluemont, virginia. virginia jones, what is on the minds of people there in virginia other than that pumpkin smashing you have been seeing all day at great country farms? >> that's right, fredericka, we have been here watching people do this. they call it pumpkin chunking, it's a place to come to bring your jack-o-lantern when you're through with it. virginia went for barack obama back in 2008. the margin of victory was a little more than eight points, versus a little more than six poin
next up for the republican candidate is pennsylvania. so america has 50 states, but it's the key battleground state where is the race just might be decided come tuesday. right now cnn estimates that nine states shown here on the make or break states. president obama or 34mitt romne to wing the who is. there's to the all important state of ohio with 18 electoral votes. virginia is one of those key battleground states as well. it's a state that favored barack obama back in 2008, but now the...
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mitt romney arriving right now in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. his plane just landing on the there. fresh from another campaign stop in cleveland. the challenger voted this morning in massachusetts and headed straight for the airport, connected with running mate paul ryan in cleveland. ohio, of course, the big prize, pennsylvania, gop long shot, but tightening in the final days, the question, will election day campaigning make a difference. vice president joe biden expected in chicago in this hour. he'll be there to watch the returns come in with president obama and see whether the voters decided to rehire them for another term. before he did, the vice president made a surprise stop in cleveland and as you saw, congressman ryan was also there. something of a traffic jam on the tarmac. take a look. we'll show you mitt romney's plane on the left. paul ryan's plane on the right of our screen, if we get it up there. and then in the background, there is air force two as well if you can see, all about ohio getting every vote possible, especially there. that, last minute campaigning, the l
mitt romney arriving right now in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. his plane just landing on the there. fresh from another campaign stop in cleveland. the challenger voted this morning in massachusetts and headed straight for the airport, connected with running mate paul ryan in cleveland. ohio, of course, the big prize, pennsylvania, gop long shot, but tightening in the final days, the question, will election day campaigning make a difference. vice president joe biden expected in chicago in this...
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one in ohio, and one in pennsylvania. joined now by peter hamby live at the romney headquarters in boston, massachusetts. peter, these are sort of late additions to the schedule. . >> yeah, and travel is the best indicator of a campaign's thinking. we've known that pennsylvania sort of last-minute gamble/insurance policy for the romney campaign. 96% of the vote is on the table there today, because there isn't really early voting. but the ohio travel jumped out at me and paul ryan is also going to ohio today, john. this signals to me that they are nervous about ohio, as they have been. but they're just a little more nervous in these closing days. but, you know, romney himself, of course, is projecting confidence outwardly. check out this rally last night in new hampshire that pulled 12,000 people. this is what he said. >> we have known many long days and short nights, and now we're close. the door to a brighter future is there. it's open. it's waiting for us. i need your vote. i need your help. walk with me. walk together.
one in ohio, and one in pennsylvania. joined now by peter hamby live at the romney headquarters in boston, massachusetts. peter, these are sort of late additions to the schedule. . >> yeah, and travel is the best indicator of a campaign's thinking. we've known that pennsylvania sort of last-minute gamble/insurance policy for the romney campaign. 96% of the vote is on the table there today, because there isn't really early voting. but the ohio travel jumped out at me and paul ryan is also...
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both candidates will be in colorado, ohio, iowa and virginia while romney also makes some stops in pennsylvania and new hampshire. >>> number four, it's taking some voters up to four hours to cast their ballots in florida. one of the election's most crucial swing states. remember early voting in the sunshine state started a week later than it did in '08 because of a new state law. the republican state legislature reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to 8. >>> and number five, gas prices are falling across the u.s. aaa reporting the national average dropped just over a penny to $3.48 a gallon. that is the 23rd consecutive decline. prices are lowest in south carolina, where the average gallon will cost you $3.17. >>> the images of sandy's destruction have been striking. the economic losses devastating. in addition to the homes lost because of the hurricanes. the more than 20,000 flights were canceled across north america. fedex tells "new york times" it has been struggling to find gas for its delivery trucks. the advertising company have lost $5 million because of tv disruptions and mo
both candidates will be in colorado, ohio, iowa and virginia while romney also makes some stops in pennsylvania and new hampshire. >>> number four, it's taking some voters up to four hours to cast their ballots in florida. one of the election's most crucial swing states. remember early voting in the sunshine state started a week later than it did in '08 because of a new state law. the republican state legislature reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to 8. >>> and...
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but why is he going to pennsylvania tomorrow? does he believe pennsylvania's in play? >> yeah. i think there's some good polls there, wolf. you know, western pennsylvania's a lot like the eastern part of ohio. it is an area dependent on natural gas and coal. these are energy tarts of the country. folks that live there, republican, democrat or independent, like what mitt romney's talking about so we see in our polls overperforming in the eastern part of ohio and same thing in western pennsylvania and i believe that the polls are close now in pennsylvania and something that the romney campaign believes in planning another visit there. >> one final question. joe biden said this in virginia today and i'll read it to you. i think we'll win ohio. i think we'll win wisconsin. i think we'll win iowa. i think we'll win nevada invest and new hampshire and i think florida will be close but we have a real shot of winning n't. do you want to react to the vice president? >> sounds like joe biden is confident. i was hoping it was another comment like in ohio saying it's great to be in iowa. b
but why is he going to pennsylvania tomorrow? does he believe pennsylvania's in play? >> yeah. i think there's some good polls there, wolf. you know, western pennsylvania's a lot like the eastern part of ohio. it is an area dependent on natural gas and coal. these are energy tarts of the country. folks that live there, republican, democrat or independent, like what mitt romney's talking about so we see in our polls overperforming in the eastern part of ohio and same thing in western...
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one in ohio, one in pennsylvania. the campaigns have been everywhere that matters lately. every state that could swing tomorr tomorrow, ohio, pennsylvania, florida, new hampshire. running mates surrogates also dotting the map. in the end it's down to the candidate and the candidate's last vocal cord. >> fired up. ready to go. fired up, ready to go. >> you know, if anyone wants to know where the energy is, anyone following american politics wants to know where the energy is, look right here in this room. >> each candidate trying to get even one more person to vote tomorrow. early voting has been a blessing and a curse. limited hours made for long lines over the weekend. take a look at that. that could make post election legal battles if either state is pivotal. that is a very real possibility. with me here tonight john king, also political analyst david gergen, gloria borger. ari is an occasional unpaid political advicer for the romney campaign. paul begala senior adviser for president obama's senior pac. i want you to listen to a clip and get your response. >> a year from
one in ohio, one in pennsylvania. the campaigns have been everywhere that matters lately. every state that could swing tomorr tomorrow, ohio, pennsylvania, florida, new hampshire. running mates surrogates also dotting the map. in the end it's down to the candidate and the candidate's last vocal cord. >> fired up. ready to go. fired up, ready to go. >> you know, if anyone wants to know where the energy is, anyone following american politics wants to know where the energy is, look...
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. >> so they're putting a lot of stock into pennsylvania, ohio and florida in the last few days of campaigning. are they feeling this is at all influential? >> ohio is still a goal for mitt romney. his campaign is confident that they are gaining ground there and that despite the polls showing the president having a slight edge there, they can win it. you've seen really good rallies for him there this weekend, good turnout, but he's still going to virginia where he really feels he needs to shore up support and hold off president obama. they're feeling better about florida, but remember, there is a whole other handful of states with iowa, colorado and new hampshire that they need to worry about as well. with a 48-45 race, both are confident but both are nervous. >> it seems there was an argument made by both camps that there were an awful lot of undecideds two days now before election day. is that the case? >> that's not what the polls show, but of course, there is a big argument that we're going to be having a real debate about the integrity of these polls. a lot of the republicans think the sa
. >> so they're putting a lot of stock into pennsylvania, ohio and florida in the last few days of campaigning. are they feeling this is at all influential? >> ohio is still a goal for mitt romney. his campaign is confident that they are gaining ground there and that despite the polls showing the president having a slight edge there, they can win it. you've seen really good rallies for him there this weekend, good turnout, but he's still going to virginia where he really feels he...
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polls have tightened in pennsylvania. the president's lead is down to single digits. >> explain the different argument there. democrats say it's a sign of weakness, republicans say it's a sign of strength. >> the obama campaign is saying just that that mitt romney is not doing well in some of the other crucial battleground states like ohio, iowa, wisconsin, that he needs in a sign of desperation to win somewhere else. the romney campaign says they're doing fine in those states but they see the polls closing in in pennsylvania. they think they can expand, as well. we'll find out on november 6th which side is right. >> paul steinhauser live in washington. thank you so much. as we mentioned you can read some of the final words of the campaign from both president obama and mitt romney in op-eds just published on cnn.com. >>> actor clint eastwood, a romney supporter, appeared on fox news last night to talk about his wacky republican national speech and how he came to be onstage talking to an empty chair, as if president obama
polls have tightened in pennsylvania. the president's lead is down to single digits. >> explain the different argument there. democrats say it's a sign of weakness, republicans say it's a sign of strength. >> the obama campaign is saying just that that mitt romney is not doing well in some of the other crucial battleground states like ohio, iowa, wisconsin, that he needs in a sign of desperation to win somewhere else. the romney campaign says they're doing fine in those states but...
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but let's walk over to pennsylvania here and look at this. you see this down here? let me help you understand this chart a little bit. this explains the darker the color, the higher the number of people without power. as we come back to pennsylvania, i want to show you something. it's obvious to the naked eye. in this area here is where you see more people without power. scranton, philadelphia, in the suburbs. about 100,000 out of power in philadelphia and montgomery and bucks county alone. let's look at how they voted in the last election. if the problems persist, right there that tells you more of a problem for the president. if there's no power at polling stations. if people just decide too much hassle, i can't vote. pennsylvania is an absentee ballot state but not ann early voting state. let's move over to ohio. this is a place where the obama campaign worked very hard on early voting in the african-american communities, especially in the cleveland area. you see cleveland, the cleveland suburbs, and to a lesser degree down here to the south in the akron area, pe
but let's walk over to pennsylvania here and look at this. you see this down here? let me help you understand this chart a little bit. this explains the darker the color, the higher the number of people without power. as we come back to pennsylvania, i want to show you something. it's obvious to the naked eye. in this area here is where you see more people without power. scranton, philadelphia, in the suburbs. about 100,000 out of power in philadelphia and montgomery and bucks county alone....
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the real eye opener was his last stop in pennsylvania. here's some of what romney just told the crowd. >> if there's anyone worried that the last four years are the best we can do, if there's anyone who fears that the american dream is fading away. if there's anyone who wonders whether better jobs and paychecks are a thing of the past. i have a clear and unequivocal message. with the right leadership, america is about to come roaring back. >> cnn national correspondent jim acosta is following the romney campaign. >> an assignment romney knows he's an underdog here in pennsylvania. the gop nominee outside of the philadelphia suburbs to the theme from the movie rocky. across the country he's been giving his closing argument. he says the president is re-elected the country could go back in the recession and continue to accumulate massive piles of debt. what he's been doing is try to reach out to independent undecided and even some democratic voters to change their minds in the final days of this race. asked why the romney campaign is trying
the real eye opener was his last stop in pennsylvania. here's some of what romney just told the crowd. >> if there's anyone worried that the last four years are the best we can do, if there's anyone who fears that the american dream is fading away. if there's anyone who wonders whether better jobs and paychecks are a thing of the past. i have a clear and unequivocal message. with the right leadership, america is about to come roaring back. >> cnn national correspondent jim acosta is...
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the president is taking his pitch to pennsylvania today. what is he going to say to the american people and how does he plan to sell his approach? a lot of people want a plan to pass. >> certainly, polls show there's support for this combination of tax increases and spending cuts. the president is going to a toy manufacturer. the white house says this is the kind of company that relies on middle class companies, the kind of families that could see their taxes go up. this is part of the campaign to continue pushing for what he says both sides agree on. tax rates shouldn't go up for the middle class at least. republica republicans don't want to see them go up for anyone. he talked about the idea of my2k. get involved, talk about what $2 means to them. it's the amount they could see their taxes go up next year. this campaigning is not sitting well with republicans as you can imagine. >> no. we know the president says he wants a deal done by christmas. we'll see whether or not it's possible. athena jones live in washington, thank you. >>> a new
the president is taking his pitch to pennsylvania today. what is he going to say to the american people and how does he plan to sell his approach? a lot of people want a plan to pass. >> certainly, polls show there's support for this combination of tax increases and spending cuts. the president is going to a toy manufacturer. the white house says this is the kind of company that relies on middle class companies, the kind of families that could see their taxes go up. this is part of the...
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or in pennsylvania where this machine was malfunctioning. just a small sampling of the problems on election day. and now, despite all of those problems, the supreme court just agreed to hear a change to the voting rights act. it is the most powerful tool. the plaintiff, an alabama county says the fed should not subject some states to stricter standards than others. can the u.s. election process even be fixed? joining me now, voting expert and professor of law, rick hasen. thank you for joining me. you say there was another election meltdown this year, and again, in florida, on your election law blog, i saw that you said let's declare florida an election disaster area and bring in the feds. first, why do you call it a disaster area, do you think those long lines actually affected voter turnout? >> well, you know some people can only get off two hours from work, and one of the things that happened in florida is the legislature and the governor cut back on early voting. that put pressure on voting on election day, and i think some people were s
or in pennsylvania where this machine was malfunctioning. just a small sampling of the problems on election day. and now, despite all of those problems, the supreme court just agreed to hear a change to the voting rights act. it is the most powerful tool. the plaintiff, an alabama county says the fed should not subject some states to stricter standards than others. can the u.s. election process even be fixed? joining me now, voting expert and professor of law, rick hasen. thank you for joining...
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one state where the media market bleeds into is pennsylvania. so much in new jersey was hit by the hurricane. the president's visit there with chris yisty. a lot of people saw that on tv were in pennsylvania and key media markets there. if that race is competitive, that may help. >> how much do you think it affects the total popular vote, the number of popular vote? how much might that mean for president obama? >> i see 300,000 people may not show up for the polls. >> you've been spending all this time waiting for gasoline. you don't know where your polling place is. >> which you've been doing. you think about all that time waiting in line for the basic necessities of life, it makes you a little less enthusiastic about going out and trying to figure out where you're going to vote. people are just trying to get warm right now. >> you also see why it's important for a governor to have the authority to be able to make changes. governor chris christie said you're able to fax in your ballot. that was critical. my whole point is you have an alternativ
one state where the media market bleeds into is pennsylvania. so much in new jersey was hit by the hurricane. the president's visit there with chris yisty. a lot of people saw that on tv were in pennsylvania and key media markets there. if that race is competitive, that may help. >> how much do you think it affects the total popular vote, the number of popular vote? how much might that mean for president obama? >> i see 300,000 people may not show up for the polls. >> you've...
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he's going to pennsylvania to make his case for his version of resolving the fiscal cliff. what does he intend to say and how does he intend to sell it? >> he's going to pennsylvania, a toymaker to try to drive home this idea of pushing for cuts for the middle class. there's already a senate tax bill that would preserve the tax cuts for the middle-class, something that he believes everyone agrees on. certainly republicans agree that taxes on middle-class shouldn't go up either. they just don't want to see them go up on anyone. he's visiting a toymaker that he says relies on middle-class families, who could be hit hard by a tax break. i suspect we'll hear a lot of the same language we've been hearing from him on the campaign trail. >> all right athena, thank you so much. going to a toy factory, the fiscal cliff debate, could steal christmas pretty obvious there. >>> the white house releasing this photo of mitt romney and president obama shaking hands during yesterday's private lunch meeting. >> so there was a photo after all. >> released and taken by the white house. the for
he's going to pennsylvania to make his case for his version of resolving the fiscal cliff. what does he intend to say and how does he intend to sell it? >> he's going to pennsylvania, a toymaker to try to drive home this idea of pushing for cuts for the middle class. there's already a senate tax bill that would preserve the tax cuts for the middle-class, something that he believes everyone agrees on. certainly republicans agree that taxes on middle-class shouldn't go up either. they just...
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we will carry pennsylvania. that washes out all of the angst about ohio but frankly, in ohio, i think we will carry ohio. give you one example. in southeastern ohio along the river, it's coal country and it's very conservative on things like the right to bear arms, belief in god, people who in obama's famous phrase, worry about god and guns as he said in san francisco because he totally misunderstanding him in 2008. the democratic early voting in those counties are votes for romney, yet if you look at the various analyses in the national media, they're taking total democratic turnout in ohio as though it's all going to be for obama but i guarantee you, this is right next to west virginia, where a convicted felon sitting in a texas prison got 40% of the democratic presidential primary vote against obama. those are romney votes, not obama votes. and romney going to pittsburgh is going to resonate all along that ohio river valley tomorrow. >> the problem it seems to me has been actually forced by hurricane sandy wh
we will carry pennsylvania. that washes out all of the angst about ohio but frankly, in ohio, i think we will carry ohio. give you one example. in southeastern ohio along the river, it's coal country and it's very conservative on things like the right to bear arms, belief in god, people who in obama's famous phrase, worry about god and guns as he said in san francisco because he totally misunderstanding him in 2008. the democratic early voting in those counties are votes for romney, yet if you...
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mitt romney goes to pennsylvania. of all battleground states in this election day getting a visit from both mitt romney and paul ryan it's ohio. now, at the same time i will tell you as you pointed out this is a very close race in this state. and even though the polls show a slight edge for the president in a number of recent battleground polls, the romney campaign's confident in its get out the vote operation. i was talking to the finance chair of the campaign over the weekend, sending out fund-raising e-mails as you noticed in the last couple of weeks why are they sending those out? raising money to pay for the vans, to get supporters to the polls, get volunteers out in the neighborhood neighborhoods. they're pulling out all of the stops. i did talk to a republican source that is close to the romney operation here in ohio mo and he said, it is going to be close, quote very close. so these why you're seeing all of this out here on this tarmac right now. >> jim acosta, we thank you. we'll be looking for and taping tha
mitt romney goes to pennsylvania. of all battleground states in this election day getting a visit from both mitt romney and paul ryan it's ohio. now, at the same time i will tell you as you pointed out this is a very close race in this state. and even though the polls show a slight edge for the president in a number of recent battleground polls, the romney campaign's confident in its get out the vote operation. i was talking to the finance chair of the campaign over the weekend, sending out...
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there's no early voting in pennsylvania. absentees, you have to meet a certain criteria so the vast majority of pennsylvanians will vote on election day. what a quaint notion. they looked at that and looked at the polls going in and also realized that in pennsylvania, mitt romney has not been so defined by the obama campaign as he has in ohio and all the other swing states. they haven't had that kind of advertising so they thought it was worth, you know, a throw. do they think they're going to win it, they talk awfully optimistically but this is more hey, let's go here, let's take a flyer here. there's nothing wrong with looking for a backup. >> stay with us, everyone. joining me right now from boston is romney communications director. appreciate you being with us. governor needs to win all the swing states in play to have a shot at the white house. the president needs to win one or two. is governor romney the underdog, in your opinion? >> we want to do well wherever our name is on the ballot and we believe we can do well in
there's no early voting in pennsylvania. absentees, you have to meet a certain criteria so the vast majority of pennsylvanians will vote on election day. what a quaint notion. they looked at that and looked at the polls going in and also realized that in pennsylvania, mitt romney has not been so defined by the obama campaign as he has in ohio and all the other swing states. they haven't had that kind of advertising so they thought it was worth, you know, a throw. do they think they're going to...
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pat toomey is a republican senator from pennsylvania. he campaigned with both romney and paul ryan this weekend. he joins us this morning. nice to see you, sir. thanks for talking with us. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> appreciate that. we've heard sort of mixed messages on the state of pennsylvania. so lay it out for me. listen to republicans, they say pennsylvania is definitely in play. if you talk to the democrats, david plouffe said it's a sign of desperation to talk about pennsylvania. let me play for you what he said and then we'll answer that on the other side. >> we have a great organization in pennsylvania. much better than governor romney's. we've been working it for two years. so we've got a great organization, great volunteers. listen this is a desperate ploy at the end of the campaign. to win pennsylvania, governor romney would have to win two-thirds of the independents. he's not going to do that anywhere, much less pennsylvania. >> is it a desperate ploy? is two-thirds of the independents that you're never going
pat toomey is a republican senator from pennsylvania. he campaigned with both romney and paul ryan this weekend. he joins us this morning. nice to see you, sir. thanks for talking with us. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> appreciate that. we've heard sort of mixed messages on the state of pennsylvania. so lay it out for me. listen to republicans, they say pennsylvania is definitely in play. if you talk to the democrats, david plouffe said it's a sign of desperation to talk...
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it also began taxing in other states like pennsylvania and texas. they collect only for states where they have a physical presence. now here in california, amazon is building two giant warehouses. including this one near los angeles. it's a million square feet. and for the old fashioned retailers, it's another reason to worry. why? because amazon's goal is to get items to customers faster and be able to offer same-day delivery. that's right. you can avoid stores if you want and have a package delivered to your house in a matter of hours. a win for consumers, but tough for local retailers. >> if amazon creates distribution centers and facilities on their turf locally, that takes away the one advantage we see retailers have left to compete against amazon. it is a big deal. >> reporter: collin sea bas sebastian says that's why they need to take a cue. >> they need to become more sophisticated offline and online. >> reporter: those who want a lesson on of to thrive should learn a lesson from books inc. in san francisco. amidst a tidal wave of change, mi
it also began taxing in other states like pennsylvania and texas. they collect only for states where they have a physical presence. now here in california, amazon is building two giant warehouses. including this one near los angeles. it's a million square feet. and for the old fashioned retailers, it's another reason to worry. why? because amazon's goal is to get items to customers faster and be able to offer same-day delivery. that's right. you can avoid stores if you want and have a package...
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while romney makes stops in pennsylvania and new hampshire. >> the u.s. death toll from superstorm sandy stands at 106 this morning and i2.7 million residents of the chilly northeast still remain without power. the defense department is shipping 20 millions of gas in new york and new jersey trying to ease long lines for fuel and the new york marathon is cancelled after storm-weary residents complained that recovery resources were being diverted to that race. >> its journey may have lacked the fanfare of the "endeavour" but the space shuttle "atlantis" is finally home. "atlantis" made the 12-hour ten-mile journey to the kennedy space center on friday, along with some special guests. the second man to walk on the moon, buzz aldrin, and the first female shuttle commander, eileen collins, joined the procession. "atlantis" flew 125 million miles in its 33 missions. >> women voters, they are precious to both the romney and obama campaigns, and in our next hour "ms" magazine founder and activist gloria steinem with insight on which party may benefit most from em
while romney makes stops in pennsylvania and new hampshire. >> the u.s. death toll from superstorm sandy stands at 106 this morning and i2.7 million residents of the chilly northeast still remain without power. the defense department is shipping 20 millions of gas in new york and new jersey trying to ease long lines for fuel and the new york marathon is cancelled after storm-weary residents complained that recovery resources were being diverted to that race. >> its journey may have...
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colorado, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, florida, wisconsin. obama's campaign, ohio, wisconsin, iowa, virginia, colorado, i feel like i'm repeating myself, what do they tell you? >> yes, and it's important to underscore how unusual this is, it is a firewall for a democrat. in the last 90 years, kate, only one democrat has run even one point better than in ohio, so what you see in your poll today and in all of the polling in ohio, is in those critical midwest upper battlegrounds, i think ohio and wisconsin are the inner circle, they're running better among working class white voters there than anywhere else in the country. that explains the lead, the gender gap. some auto bailout been the bane story has more. we have two races going and the president is counting on different coalitions of each. >> gloria, what strikes you about the tone in the final days. >> the campaign is ending kind of the way it's been, which is, it's sort of -- this has not been a campaign of great vision, of great talk about the future, of what you want to do for the count
colorado, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, florida, wisconsin. obama's campaign, ohio, wisconsin, iowa, virginia, colorado, i feel like i'm repeating myself, what do they tell you? >> yes, and it's important to underscore how unusual this is, it is a firewall for a democrat. in the last 90 years, kate, only one democrat has run even one point better than in ohio, so what you see in your poll today and in all of the polling in ohio, is in those critical midwest upper battlegrounds, i think...
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care of the community of montrose, pennsylvania. for more ways to help, our viewers can visit cnn.comimpactyourworld. >> i hope they do, lisa, thank you. >>> frustration turning to anger on staten island. storm victims there say they're having to fend for themselves amid unbelievable destruction. also, almost 5 million people in the disaster zone are still without power. temperatures are about to plunge. >>> and the presidential campaign resumes with the candidates back on the campaign trail and back on the attack just five days before the election. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> grim new numbers in the wake of superstorm sandy. the death toll has now risen to 157. that includes 88 people in the united states, 67 in the caribbean and 2 in canada. those numbers could continue to climb as recovery efforts continue. half of the u.s. deaths were in new york state, at least half of them on staten island where multiple neighborhoods have been laid to waste. people who live there are desperate right now for help. the
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that is actually what pennsylvania's attorney general elect has now promised to do. kathleen cain says she is going to find out if politics played a role in how the state handled the child molestation allegations against sandusky. cnn contributor is joining us from pennsylvania. sarah, you know everything about this case. you have now interviewed kathleen kane. she focused on the sandusky case in the campaign. what is intent of her investigation? >> well, kathleen kane has been saying for the last couple of months, really, leading up to her election she believes that this investigation might have taken a little too long. remember, it was nearly three years between when the first victim came forward to when jerry sandusky was finally charged. and in that time, the governor, the current governor was elected to his post as governor. he had been the attorney general. and she's been talking about going back to the beginning and starting from the first day and seeing what happened, who knew what and when and were the proper resources allocated to this. this is important to
that is actually what pennsylvania's attorney general elect has now promised to do. kathleen cain says she is going to find out if politics played a role in how the state handled the child molestation allegations against sandusky. cnn contributor is joining us from pennsylvania. sarah, you know everything about this case. you have now interviewed kathleen kane. she focused on the sandusky case in the campaign. what is intent of her investigation? >> well, kathleen kane has been saying for...
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mitt romney has now been in pennsylvania, firing up crowds there. nobody thought that pennsylvania would be in play but it is now. this is a group that is fired up. we are excited. we're in the right spot at the right time. smith right candidate. the president's been struggling to bump up above 50% and i think the country fundamentally know it is off track, wants to get back on track and i think they are ready to make that change to mitt romney and paul ryan. >> if you can't beat an incumbent president when unemployment is just nearly at 8% still and the debt's risen by $5 trillion, to $16 interest pretty much a disaster for the republican party, isn't it? >> that's yes think had the country's going to make a change. you are exactly right. we have this unbelievable debt. we are paying more than $600 million a day in interest on the debt. the president promised that if he took office, he was gonna cut the deficit in half. he didn't do that he doubled the size of it. have 23 million americans who are struggling to find work. this is why i think we are
mitt romney has now been in pennsylvania, firing up crowds there. nobody thought that pennsylvania would be in play but it is now. this is a group that is fired up. we are excited. we're in the right spot at the right time. smith right candidate. the president's been struggling to bump up above 50% and i think the country fundamentally know it is off track, wants to get back on track and i think they are ready to make that change to mitt romney and paul ryan. >> if you can't beat an...
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multiple reports say pennsylvania's attorney general is expected to announce perjury and obstruction of justice charges against spanier later today. as you know, spanier, in the wake of sandusky's scandal resigned. and he denied knowing about a school police investigation. >>> making it harder for some people to get to the polls. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide wh
multiple reports say pennsylvania's attorney general is expected to announce perjury and obstruction of justice charges against spanier later today. as you know, spanier, in the wake of sandusky's scandal resigned. and he denied knowing about a school police investigation. >>> making it harder for some people to get to the polls. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values......
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yesterday it was suggested that's why the governor is headed to pennsylvania, he's running out of options. off the record, does anyone in the romney campaign say the same thing? >> reporter: what they've been saying in this campaign in the final stretch here when it comes to ohio is that this race is going to come down to independents. if you look at the independent numbers in that latest cnn/orc poll for ohio, the president has a two point deficit. mitt romney is leading by two points. i don't think that's close enough for either campaign to feel confident quite honestly. i think that's why you're seeing this event behind me right now. just getting to swing states. we have roughly 100 governors, senators, other gop heavy hitters taking the stage behind me, rudy giuliani was out here earlier, bob mcdonnell, governor of virginia. kid rock kicked off this event earlier. not sure if we will see a gop version of "we are the world" but there is representation from just about every battleground state and the reason why is because if the romney campaign can't win ohio, they've got to cobble toge
yesterday it was suggested that's why the governor is headed to pennsylvania, he's running out of options. off the record, does anyone in the romney campaign say the same thing? >> reporter: what they've been saying in this campaign in the final stretch here when it comes to ohio is that this race is going to come down to independents. if you look at the independent numbers in that latest cnn/orc poll for ohio, the president has a two point deficit. mitt romney is leading by two points. i...